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| synonyms: Mycène à odeur d'alcali, Nitrose-Helmling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood |
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Mycena alcalina (Fr.) Kummer. Much of the British material under this name has been found to be Mycena stipata. Nitrose-Helmling Mycène à odeur d'alcali. Cap 1–3cm across, conical expanding to broadly bell-shaped, grey-brown, lined when moist. Stem 20–65 x 1–3mm, concolorous with cap, smooth. Flesh thin, whitish. Taste mild, smell of ammonia. Gills pale grey with whitish edge. Cheilocystidia fusoid, thin-walled. Spore print white. Spores cylindric-ellipsoid, amyloid 8–12 x 4.5–6um. Habitat on stumps, usually of conifers. Season autumn. Common. Edible but not worthwhile -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008
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